Defence to wear new APS contractor cuts


The Defence department will need to find more than $270 million in savings over the next four years as part of the Albanese government’s extended purge of contractors and consultants.

Ahead of the federal Budget earlier this month, the government revealed it would shave a further $1 billion off its external labour spend, bringing total savings to $4 billion by 2027-28.

More than half of the new savings ($625 …

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